Essex Boys

A gripping British thriller with a superb cast, inspired by a true event.

Billy Reynolds is stuck in a dead end job. So when Mr. D asks him to drive an old friend around for a day, he accepts, no questions asked. Little does Billy know that he is about to get sucked deep inside the Essex underworld.

Jason Locke (Sean Bean) has just finished a five year stretch and has more than a score to settle. Driven around his old haunts by Billy, he soon discovers that his friends and enemies have got rich and powerful in his absence. Feeling betrayed and determined to get back on top, Jason instigates a power struggle.

Whoever is in control of security at the nightclubs in Southend also controls the sale of illegal drugs, and this is how Jason intends to secure a lot more respect for himself and his long-suffering wife Lisa (Alex Kingston). Billy must try to come to terms with this new world of greed and excess - but he knows that something has to give...